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Cat Smith vs Lee Anderson

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Cat Smith
Cat Smith
Lab Lancaster and Wyre
vs
Photograph of Lee Anderson
Lee Anderson
RUK Ashfield

Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Lee Anderson voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 960 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 918 different votes 960 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
23 Aye 14 No
Education 5% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 26 No
Transport 5% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 12 No
Housing 5% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 21 No
Benefits 5% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
2 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 4% aligned 23 shared votes
20 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
17 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

72.5%
same as average
Rank 367 of 649
Participation
75.2%
3% above average
Rank 306 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,247
1,658 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
626
50.2% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
621
49.8% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

20
-63.6 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650
Appearances
57
-26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 650
26
-119.7 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 650
Contributions
80
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,149,279
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£264,074
17% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Trade
53 of 53 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Migration
134 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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